The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is a monument erected in memory of Chiang Kai-shek, former President of the Republic of China, in Taipei, Taiwan. A new name for the structure, National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall was announced by President Chen Shui-bian on 19th May 2007.

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The monument, surrounded by a park, stands at the east end of a large square framed on the north and south by Taiwan’s National Theater and National Concert Hall. The entire plaza is located within sight of Taiwan’s Presidential Office Building in the Zhongzhen District of Taipei.

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Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center is located within The National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall hall complex. CKS Cultural Center is the name for the organization that includes the National Theater and National Concert Hall, Taiwan’s two top performing arts venues. Completed and opened in 1987, the theater and concert hall have served as two bookends to the memorial hall.

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The ponds and parks surrounding the memorial and cultural centers feature well-maintained lawns, trees, and pathways. The ponds are filled with the colourful koi traditionally found in gardens in East Asia. One often sees people in the parks playing Go or practicing taekwondo, Tai chi chuan and other martial arts.

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Probably 1719 print of a rare map by Pieter Van Der Aa (1659-1733). Original 29 x 35 cm from private collection. Formosa is the main island of Taiwan.

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Formosa Island is located in East Asia off the coast of mainland China, southwest of the main islands of Japan but directly west of the end of Japan’s Ryukyu Islands, and north-northwest of the Philippines.

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This postcard shows the very old town of Taiwan, a really good place to have fun and for remembering the past. The island of Taiwan lies some 120 kilometers off the southeastern coast of mainland China.

The shape of the main island of Taiwan is similar to a sweet potato seen in a south-to-north direction, and therefore, Taiwanese people, especially the Min-nan division, often call themselves “children of the Sweet Potato.”

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This is a postcard from Taiwan showing the Giant Buddha in Fo-Kuang Mountain, Koahsiung. Fo Kuang Shan is a Buddhist organization in modern Taiwan, and as such espouses no particular doctrines of its own. It has, however, emphasized some Buddhist practices over others as more suited to the modern world.

The primary symbol of Fo Kuang Shan is the colossal Buddha image that sits atop the mountain at the main temple and dominates the view from the valley below.

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